MONS MALAPERT:

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MONS MALAPERT ILO Base Site
Consideration Schrunk, Lowman, Sharpe

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ILO REQUIREMENTS

• COMMUNICATIONS
• AVAILABILITY SUNLIGHT
• LANDING AREA
• SCIENCE COMMERCE

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COMMUNICATIONS

• CONTINUOUS LINK
• ANY EARTH FACING SITE

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SUNLIGHT

• LONG DURATION
• SOLAR POWER
• THERMAL STRESS

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SUNLIGHT

• PROBLEM LUNAR NIGHTS
• EQUATOR / MID-LATITUDES
• POLAR REGIONS

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SOUTH POLAR REGION

• FAVORABLE TOPOGRAPHY
• COMMUNICATIONS AND SUNLIGHT

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CONTINUOUS COMMUNICAIONS AND LONGEST SUNLIGHT
EXPOSURE

• MONS MALAPERT

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MONS MALAPERT

• 00 LONGITUDE
• 860 SOUTH LATITUDE
• 4700 METER ELEVATION

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MONS MALAPERT

• SUNLIGHT 88
• (SHADOWING ?)
• 4 5 MONTHS
• CONTINUOUS SUNLIGHT

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Lunar Orbiter 4 Picture of Shackleton Crater
Shackleton almost entirely shaded note
decreasing visibility of Amundsen Crater
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MONS MALAPERT

• LANDING APPROACH
• LARGE RADAR
• SIGNATURE

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Cropped from Moretus Mosaic by Wes Higgins,
Tecumseh OK, taken 3 Aug 2007 Line of sight from
Earth is looking straight down prime meridian
i.e., SP should be directly behind top of peak,
and should be visible horizon is ?? Km away.
(Maybe its that little white dot?)
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LOGISTICS - SUMMIT FEATURES

• SUITABLE LANDING AREA
• 10-30 SQUARE KILOMETERS
• REL. SMOOTH TERRAIN

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MISSION

• ASTRONOMY
• LONG DURATION / AXIS
• CHARACTERIZE SITE
• COMMUNICATION CENTER

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SUMMARY MONS MALAPERT

• OPTIMUM LOCATION
• FOR
• ILO MISSION

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